Kumar & Clark's Clinical Medicine, 8th Edition

Kumar & Clark's Clinical Medicine 8th edition builds on the prize-winning formula that won the BMA Book Awards Medicine Category First Prize in 2010 and 2006. 'This book is comprehensive, student friendly (if still intimidating in size!) and covers such a vast breadth of knowledge. It still remains the primary 'must-have' textbook of any budding doctor, or qualified one at that. This book is stunning in its breadth and in its ease-of-use. It still remains as the 'gold standard' thorough guide to clinical medicine its forefathers were.' BMA Judges 2010 New to this edition: - New chapter on palliative medicine. - Six times the number of margin clinical photos. - New echocardiography images. - Double the number of dermatological images; including all the major lesion morphologies covered in a single page. - 16 new authors. - New sections on protein synthesis, energy production and stem cells. - New members of the International Advisory Board from India, South Africa, Poland, and the Middle East. - Seven new online chapters from the International Advisory Board. Key online features of the new edition: - 30 extra short chapters online, written by members of the International - Advisory Board to cover key international issues, such as malaria, envenoming and HIV. - Animations of selected procedures (lumbar puncture, central venous and bladder catheterization, arterial cannulation, etc). - Access to Drake's Interactive Surface Anatomy. - Heart and lung sounds. - One year's access to the new edition of Goldman's Cecil Medicine online – 2704 more pages of medical reference.